“Surrender” and “Faith”. Two powerful words. Words inseparable. Words definable by the Christian walk. And I have seen and been either one or the other. Surrendered One.…….Fasting. Praying. Pleading. Aching for more of Him. Or…. Faithful one.….Fully comprehending…..He is enough. Yet, hesitant to move forward and do really much. One, incomplete without the other. Surrender […]
New. Beginning again. Starting over. Fresh. Change. Different. Wiped Clean. Have you heard them? Have you been…..the one wanting a new start? Have you stopped and looked back and thought……“This past year was challenging, difficult, hard”? Have you been wanting a white canvas to begin painting on again? I have been there. Wanting past years to […]
The box. It calls. Beckons…”Come rest in me. My straight walls. Sharp edges.” It hides… A people. Asking them to leave…. The freedom bought in Christ. To hide inside…it’s small, dark corners. Confined. While open skies beckon higher. Calling deeper…drawing closer to The Source. Fear resists the open. Like an infant….feeling…. Safer. With small. Shallow. Confining […]
God is still good….. When noise of pain echos in people’s ears…..and God speaks truth to try to draw them close to Him…but, they refuse to hear…. God is still good! When there is a typhoon on the very same island our son is now staying on… And we haven’t heard from him….. God is still […]
There he is. Clenched palms to chair. Lungs rising slowly……fighting for air. Wriggling in pain. Last moments….before breath grants no more days. Cancer. Like a thief in the night. Taking away bodies ability to fight. The battle’s almost done. Eyes dim. Struggling one…..recollecting what’s been left undone…….what’s to come. Hoping for answers to the unknown. Fear […]
I see him. Greeting time. Standing in the back of the church. Against the wall. Coffee. Small talk. People wondering….how long they must chat…..before sitting idol for service again. Tall one. 6 foot plus. Long haired. Giant. Biker-like. Straggly hair. Leather wearing. Intimidating one. Alone. No one introducing. Not fitting in with….the one’s around him mindlessly […]